उत्तर गीता (आदि गौड़पादाचार्य दीपिका एवं सान्वय हिन्दी टीका)

PREFACE.
THE text of the Uttara Gita is already published
in different places and some of the editions
contain an English translation also. Thus
several of the readers may be familiar with the Text,
though it is not to be found anywhere in the extant
editions of the Mahabharata. This latter fact has led
several scholars to even doubt its genuineness. They
consider that it is a modern composition grafted on the
ever expanding Epic. But some months ago I learnt
that the great Sri Gaudapadacharya, the author of the
world-renowned Mandukya Karikas and the grand-
preceptor of the illustrious Sri Sankara-Bhagavatpada-
charya had written a commentary on this Poem.
Immediately I began a search for manuscript copies of
this commentary, for if this was a fact, it would go a great
way towards establishing the genuineness of the Poem
And I am glad to say that my labours in this direction
were soon crowned with success. I got an old palm-
leaf Ms. copy from the library of the Mutt at Sringeri,
another palm-leaf Ms. from Mr. Krishnaswamy Aiyar,
B.A. B.L. of the Tanjore bar—the grandson of Brahmasri
Mahalinga Sastrigal of Tiruvasanallore and copies of two
other manuscripts from the Madras Government Oriental
Manuscripts Library. And all these manuscripts which